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Name: Steve BizekI-75 League team name: Bismarck BombersBirthdate: March 14, 1958Currently resident of: South Lyon, Mich.Birthplace: Detroit, Mich.Family: Wife Kathy, children Stephanie and KeithOccupation: Sales RepresentatativeEmployer: Jet’s PizzaJob title: Delivery driverIn plain English, what do you do: Transport product throughout a large portion of Western Wayne County…with emphasis on speed, efficiency, and 100% customer satisfaction. Also have some production and managerial duties.Real-life MLB team you are a fan of: Detroit TigersYear first joined the I-75 League: 1977Year first started playing Strat: 1980How you first were introduced to Strat: Kitchen table of Gerry Yurko. I picked an all-star team…he used his drafted team… (I won handily)… reminded me of All-Star Baseball… a “spin the arrow” game I played as a grade schooler.How you became part of the I-75 League: Gerry…Ken Kuzdak and Gary Kicinski invited me into their local Strat League…forming a foursome.Origin of your team name: Wanted a northern-sounding city…Bismarck and Bizek similar…Bombers a nickname of an already famous MLB team.Any Strat involvement outside the I-75 League? noneFondest I-75 League memory (related to Strat competition): Fell over and broke fellow manager Mike Renbarger’s chair on a 1-19 roll in a crucial moment of a Bismarck/Michigan Drifter game played in Ft. Wayne, Indiana… Bismarck’s Alvin Davis rolled the 20.Fondest I-75 League convention moment: Larry Pittman firing the busboy when he tried to interrupt our draft in the Lani Kai dining room…Larry had just bought the Lani Kai at Ft. Myers Beach.Favorite I-75 League tradition: Pilfering a grapefruit or two from the grapefruit orchards at Vero Beach.Trade or draft pick you made that you wish you could have back: Traded Reggie Jackson to get Rick MillerTrade or draft pick you made in which you think you hit a homer: Still looking for that “round-tripper.”One thing you would do to improve the league: I-75…as it stands now…need no major improvement(s).How to follow you: Website, Blog, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter…possibly in the futureYour chance to self-promote:How you can be reached:bizeks@aol.com

That Lani Kai draft sure was a hoot, highlighted by the infamous Pittman crack. If only I hadn’t left my newly drafted team on the table when it was all over, I would not have had to root through the garbage can in the Lani Kai kitchen to retrieve the cards.